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Farming for Change: Kyle Smith's Mission to Revitalize Black FarmingÂ
By Caitlin Honan Kyle Smith wakes up in service of his family and community daily. His early start, 4:30 a.m., is typical, he shared on a...
Caitlin Honan
Aug 7, 20246 min read
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Farmers Can Thrive in the Emerging Raw Milk Market
By Mark McAfee, Sarah Smith, Dr Joseph Heckman, and Kelsey Barefoot Family dairy farms are struggling, but raw milk can provide a...
Mark McAfee, Sarah Smith, Dr Joseph Heckman, and Kelsey Barefoot
Aug 7, 20249 min read
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Book Review: A Small Farm Future: Making the Case for a Society Built around Local Economies, Self-provisioning, Agricultural Diversity and a Shared Earth.
By Chris Smaje’s Reviewed by Edith Couchman Here’s a book for those who believe that E. F. Schumacher’s credo ‘Small is Beautiful’ is a...
EDITH COUCHMAN
Jan 5, 20244 min read
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Why Do I Farm?
By Elizabeth Gabriel Farming is so damn hard. I’ve just walked inside after inspecting the fruitlets on our apple trees and very few, if...
Liza Gabriel
Sep 26, 20237 min read
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Makin' Bacon!
By Mary-Howell Martens Nearly 30 years ago, we were sitting down to a May Sunday breakfast when a pickup truck drove into the driveway....
Mary-Howell Martens
Mar 29, 20237 min read
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Kestrel Nest Boxes: A Source of Reverence and Beauty
By Johanna Jackson I was kneeling near rhubarb, pulling out thistles, when Gerald walked up. It was April 2020: pandemic week three. We...
Johanna Jackson
Mar 29, 20234 min read
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El Futuro of Farming
By Chris Brown, Development Director at ALBA, chris@albafarmers.org Since 1950, more than a quarter-billion acres of farmland were lost...
Chris Brown
Mar 28, 20235 min read
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